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Public Forums => Wrightwood History => Topic started by: GRAHAM_RANCH on Feb 03, 10, 03:38:43 PM
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An emaill from a friend:
Renee and I were living at Big Pines that winter and I remember the storms during January and February very well. At one point, I was walking on top of the snow with a probe trying to find the top of my vehicles, which were buried so deep by natural snow that there was no indication of their locations (not even a lump). We were snowed in for a couple of weeks and twice I had to snowshoe down to Highway 2 and hitchhike to Wrightwood to get groceries.// Oh...the good old days.
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Douglas H. Milburn
Assistant Forest Archaeologist
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Kenneth Rand, from Huntington Beach was found dead, buried in the snow on White Road in Phelan.
He was actually quite well known in the experimental aircraft world.
NTSB Report: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=37774&key=0&print=1 (http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=37774&key=0&print=1)
Obit: http://www.aerofoilengineering.com/KR/sportaviation/Kr79-3.HTM (http://www.aerofoilengineering.com/KR/sportaviation/Kr79-3.HTM)
Misc links:
http://www.flykr2s.com/kenrand.html (http://www.flykr2s.com/kenrand.html)
http://www.fly-kr.com/kr1.htm (http://www.fly-kr.com/kr1.htm)
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He sure did (does) seem very interesting...hope others read the links that you put in. Very Interesting...
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Good post, Terry! I remember that storm well, it was our 2nd winter here (we moved up here 3/77). I have a picture tacked on my bulletin board in the kitchen, of the front of our house after that storm. I remember my hubby went up on the roof to shovel off some of the snow, because we were worried about all that weight, and he didn't even need a ladder to get up there! I don't remember what we did about shoveling out and getting to work. I guess we just did it. I had a lot more energy 31 years ago! ;D
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